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First Report of Lioconcha polita (Röding, 1798) from East Peninsular India, Andhra Pradesh


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1 Centre of Excellence in Environment and Public Health, Environmental Science Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha – 753 003, India
2 Mollusca Division, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700 053, India
3 Marine Biology Laboratory, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh – 530 003, India

Incidence of a bivalve Lioconcha polita (Röding, 1798) in the benthic collections dredged from a depth of 21 m, off Andhra Pradesh, on the east coast of India, is the first report from coastal waters of the mainland. The present findings indicate a westward range expansion of the species from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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B. Dash
Centre of Excellence in Environment and Public Health, Environmental Science Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha – 753 003, India
S. S. Rout
Centre of Excellence in Environment and Public Health, Environmental Science Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha – 753 003, India
N. V. Subba Rao
Mollusca Division, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700 053, India
K. V. Surya Rao
Mollusca Division, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700 053, India
A. V. Raman
Marine Biology Laboratory, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh – 530 003, India
D. Raut
Centre of Excellence in Environment and Public Health, Environmental Science Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha – 753 003, India

Abstract


Incidence of a bivalve Lioconcha polita (Röding, 1798) in the benthic collections dredged from a depth of 21 m, off Andhra Pradesh, on the east coast of India, is the first report from coastal waters of the mainland. The present findings indicate a westward range expansion of the species from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.